[ACTION] WAT FRIDAY FAST FOR JUSTICE

We are inviting you to join WAT’s Friday Fast for Justice — a tradition we’ve held for many years (read the full history here). If you join the fast, we would ask you to:

1. FAST ON FRIDAY, IN ANY FORM YOU LIKE

Go without food in solidarity with the hunger strikers in Guantánamo.

2. MAKE THREE PHONE CALLS TO:

1) The White House (202-456-1111 or 202-456-1414) urging President Obama to declassify the executive summary and major findings of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA torture swiftly and in their entirety, as well as to fulfill his promise to close Guantánamo

3) Call one of the following senators about the The Detaining Terrorists to Protect America Act of 2015 (S. 165). On February, 12th, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved legislation authored by Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH that would effectively ban all transfers and ensure that Guantánamo remains open. We are asking people to call their senators and the key senators below preemptively to show our opposition. The amendment would restore a blanket-ban on all transfers of prisoners to Yemen. It punishes men by the simple virtue of their national origin and is irrespective of the particulars of their cases. Prisoners can be safely repatriated to Yemen, and should be done so without legislative obstacle. We are urging Senators to vote “no” on S.165. It would only doom many of the men in Guantánamo to continued miserable and open-ended detention.

Example script for Senators: I am fasting for 24 hours in solidarity with the prisoners at Guantanamo, especially for those who are on hunger strike. I am calling today to urge you to oppose The Detaining Terrorists to Protect America Act of 2015 (S. 165). This legislation punishes the men in Guantánamo by the simple virtue of their national origin and is irrespective of the particulars of their cases. Prisoners can be safely repatriated to Yemen, and should be done so without legislative obstacle. I are urging you to vote no on S. 165, when it is entered onto the senate floor. Such legislation would doom the men in Guantánamo to miserable and open-ended detention. Rather. I am asking you to support the releasing of the all those clear for release, end the inhumane of practice of force feeding and support legislation that moves towards closing the prison camp in Guantanamo.

Example script for White House and U.S. Southern Command:I am fasting for 24 hours in solidarity with the prisoners at Guantánamo, especially for those who are on hunger strike. I am calling today out of concern for them and for the rest of the prisoners. I am asking you to resume releasing the number of prisoners on hunger strike and to stop the inhumane practice of force feeding. Lastly, the US must set free those cleared for release and close Guantanamo.3. Write to a prisoner at Guantánamo.

If you are already participating in or are interested in participating in the Friday Fast for Justice, please sign up here. You can commit to fasting on a specific Friday, weekly for a particular time period; until Guantánamo is closed; or whatever works for you.